Iowa legislation · 91st General Assembly
Iowa HF2556: A BILL FOR An Act relating to the use of automatic registration plate readers, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions
Status: In committee, February 16, 2026
An Act relating to the use of automatic registration plate readers, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions.
What the bill says
A bill FOR An Act relating to the use of automatic registration plate readers, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions.
From the introduced text, February 16, 2026:
A BILL FOR An Act relating to the use of automatic registration plate readers, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 6810HH (3) th/ns H.F. 2556 Section 1. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. 1. Automatic registration plate readers enable persistent, indiscriminate, and suspicionless tracking of persons, including their movements, associations, habits, and locations over time. 2. Continuous or mass collection of location data implicates reasonable expectations of privacy under the provisions of the fourth amendment to the Constitution of the United States and Article I, section 8, of the Constitution of the State of Iowa, particularly when aggregated. 3. The general assembly finds that bulk location surveillance without individualized suspicion is fundamentally incompatible with a free society and invites misuse, mission creep, data breaches, and political or retaliatory abuse. 4. Less intrusive investigative tools remain available to law enforcement officials and such tools respect constitutional limits and traditional warrant requirements. 5. A categorical prohibition, coupled with narrow exceptions based on warrant requirements, is the least restrictive means of protecting Iowans' privacy while preserving public safety. 6. Strong civil remedies, including a private right of action, are necessary to deter violations and provide meaningful relief. Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 321Q.1 Definitions. As used in this chapter: 1. "Automatic registration …
Sponsors
- Charley Thomson (R, 58) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Introduced, referred to Judiciary. H.J. 308 .
Subjects: license plates, motor vehicle registration, law enforcement
Common questions
- What is HF2556?
- HF2556 is a bill in the Iowa Legislature (91st General Assembly): A BILL FOR An Act relating to the use of automatic registration plate readers, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions.
- What does HF2556 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR An Act relating to the use of automatic registration plate readers, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions.
- What is the status of HF2556?
- In committee as of February 16, 2026. Latest action: Introduced, referred to Judiciary. H.J. 308 . (February 16, 2026).
- Who sponsored HF2556?
- Charley Thomson (R, 58).
- Where is the official record for HF2556?
- On the Iowa Legislature website: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ba=HF+2556&ga=91
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